So word "penis" get you startled and you had to find excuse that "he's in a medical situation, and he's not describing things in a way to be vulgar" so you could continue reading???!!! Really? "Penis" is a bad word?... I would say that people are not rude here - more like shocked by the question in first place.
I would say that people are not rude here - more like shocked by the question in first place.